The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a state law that stops minors being given puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or body surgeries as part of procedures to enable them to live in their preferred ‘gender’.

The ruling in United States v. Skrmetti has been described as a landmark victory for children’s health medicine that will help protect 26 similar state laws.

The Court held that Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, a bipartisan law passed in 2023, is constitutional.

The ruling signals that American states have broad constitutional authority to ban dangerous so-called “gender transition” procedures and interventions for minors, and it aligns the U.S. with a growing international movement to protect youth from gender ideology.